Library 2.0 is about power shifting

Kathryn Greenhill writes about the shifting of libraries’ power and Library 2.0 on her blog, Librarians Matter.   Kathryn makes some valid points about this shift in power:  users creating their own idea of a library and the power of libraries to take risks.  I think for years we were so bound by tradition and the [...]

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Successful blogging

Meredith Farkas writes about successful blogging over at Information Wants to Be Free:
“What makes your blog a success depends on what your goals for it are. Why do you blog? Looking at the responses I saw in the Survey of the Biblioblogosphere, I didn’t see anything about having the most subscribers, having the highest Google [...]

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Blogs, Podcasts and Wikis @ RRLC

Today I teach the Blogs, Podcasts and Wikis workshop at RRLC in Rochester.  Participants are from the Rochester, NY region and come from public, special, academic, school and medical libraries.  Tell me what you hope to gain or learn from this workshop!

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Michael Casey article

Most readers have probably seen this article by Michael Casey and Laura Savastinuk about Library 2.0, printed in the September 2006 issue of Library Journal, but I had not read it until today.   Much like Laura Cohen’s 2.0 manifesto, this article provides a good starting point for those new to the Web or [...]

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Thoughts on the future of libraries (and therefore, librarians)

An excellent compilation of interviews by the movers and shakers in the library world.  Lots of emphasis on Library 2.0, but some good analysis of how technology is changing our perspective on the type of services we provide to our users.

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